Just Add Ink #578 Sketch

 

Hello there,

we are fast heading towards Christmas, you may have already noticed a trend towards Christmas cards her on the blog so don't expect that to change. This week at Just Add Ink, Narelle is asking us to Just Add a Sketch. Here's the sketch.

And here is how my project turned out.

It took me a while to mull over what elements I wanted to use on the right hand side, but once I settled on a tree, I knew I wanted a deer to be curled at the bottom. That peaceful scene led me to the sentiment.

For the tree I pulled out my Pine Wood dies, there is no outline stamps for the tree die, so having die cut a tree I just drew in the 'stamped' lines myself. Then coloured with Blends. The scene led itself to a rustic background so I embossed a woodgrain background then splattered that with Wink of Stella and white gouache. The rectangle panel in the sketch acts as a grounding element for my scene and sentiment. To add a bit of Christmas bling I gold embossed the sentiment (which is very challenging to capture in a photo) and added a gold metallic enamel star from my stash. 

I feel like the simple design and neutral colours suits the peaceful 'nature' feel the project has.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Peaceful Deer, Peace and Joy (R)

Dies: Stitched So Sweetly, Joy (R), Pinewood (r)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake

Ink: Night of Navy, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark

Accessories: Blends (Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake), Timber embossing folder, Gold embossing powder, Heat Tool, Metallic Enamel Shapes (R), Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R), White gouache

Just Add Ink #576 Moving Element

 

Hello there,

welcome to a new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tina and Kelly have issued a joint challenge to Just Add a Moving Element. We are looking forward to seeing some fun interactive cards! For me this was the perfect challenge to make a masculine card. But honestly, I think anyone will love getting card that has a play element to it.

It was grand final week here recently and my DH's team made it through to the big game so I used the team colours as the starting point for my card. Here's how it turned out.

While it was super fun to play with the 'Give it a Whirl' dies I will also say this was super fiddly, but that was because I was trying to cut and aligned the viewing window through three layers. But with some patience I managed that feat! 

The rest of the Just Add Ink DT have some fun interactive cards to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Hats Off, Handsomely Suited

Dies: Give it a Whirl, Suit and Tie, Hat Builder dies, Stitched Nested Labels

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Night of Navy, Real Red

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Classic Label punch (R), White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)